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Earlier today, The Korea Times reported that Samsung would stop selling LCD panels to Apple. That report seems to be wrong. Samsung has come out to say that, “Samsung Display has never tried to cut the supply for LCD panels to Apple.” https://gizmodo.com/report-samsung-wont-sell-lcd-panels-to-apple-anymore-5953747 Basically: if the LCD panel relationship has ended between Apple and Samsung…
Though analysts usually know nothing more than regular ol’ John Apple Fan at home, they do sometimes get access to tech factories and shredded supply chain documents hinting at upcoming products. One analyst, Topeka Capital’s Brian White, claims to have actually held an iPad Mini prototype and even put it in his pocket. Fortune details…
If you want to know the Internet’s temperature on Obama and Romney in the race to become the next President, just check out this snazzy 2012 Election Mood Meter tool. It smartly calculates and analyzes real-time tweets to figure out which direction each candidate is trending. Of course, this tool isn’t really indicative of the…
The iPad Mini hasn’t even been announced yet and people are already making fun of it. That’s pretty typical for any big Apple product launch but it seems like everyone calling the iPad Mini stupid had the same revelation about it: a smaller iPad is just an… iPhone. Wow, the giant collective lightbulb hanging over…
The 7.85-inch version of the iPad that will be presented tomorrow, but there’s something that we don’t know yet: what will be its name? There’s been some talk about iPad Air, which makes sense and I like quite more than iPad mini. What do you think it will be? iPad Air or iPad Mini? https://gizmodo.com/apple-event-ipad-mini-13-inch-macbook-pro-retina-new-5953184…
We’re less than a month away from snow season, which means if you plan on hitting the mountain on opening day, you need to make sure you’re gear is good to go. Smith I/O Goggles will at least have you covered in the protective eyewear department. This is a pair recommended by the editors at…
Maps are great, and they come in many forms that show different features of the planet we inhabit. You can see many of those different styles of maps in HarperCollins’ new Atlas app. What does it do? Lets you explore the world in a variety of 3D, interactive globes. Why do we like it? It…
Remember the scene in Hamlet where he delivers an impassioned soliloquy to his dead friend’s skull? Yeah, that was fine. But now wouldn’t that scene have been vastly improved if Yorick’s skull had started spontaneously spouting blood from its eye sockets? We think so too – which is why this Bleeding Skull Candle may be…
Google Wallet is getting an overhaul, and Google has started accepting requests for invites to the new incarnation of its mobile payment platform. While there aren’t any details about what exactly will be new about the upcoming wallet, the invite process asks you whether you’re using Android, iOS, or “other devices,” which indicates some big…
Back in 1951, the Soviet Union started the construction of the Tangansky Protected Command Point, a secret 75,000-square-foot (7,000 square metres) military complex located 213 foot (65 meters) under Moscow’s streets, near the Taganskaya subway station. The Soviets built this gigantic compound at the beginning of the Cold War, once it was clear that the…
Now that the iPhone 5 is out, there’s just one more thing for Apple nerds to freak out over: The iPad Mini. Rumors have been cropping up like crazy the past few weeks—enough to start putting together what we’ll actually see from a 7-inch Apple tablet. And once Apple’s event gets started in earnest, you’ll…
This is the fifth in a 24-part series looking at every episode of “The Jetsons” TV show from the original 1962-63 season. The fifth episode of “The Jetsons” aired on Sunday October 21, 1962, and was titled “Jetson’s Nite Out.” The episode revolves around George’s plans to watch the robot football championship game and the…
Pushing the boundaries of bedside table technology, designer Mikhail Belyaev created the Medusa for the 2012 Moscow Design Week that merges two bedside accessories into one so you have ample room for all your bedtime accoutrements. The Medusa is both a bedside table and a lamp at the same time—but what does that innovation mean…
Tim Cook and his mariachis are presenting the new ultra-thin, ultra-light, magical iPad Mini or iPad Air* today at 1pm Eastern /10am Pacific at the California Theater in San Jose. They will probably announce other products too. We’ll be commenting it live. This is what you can expect—and what you shouldn’t hold your breath for:…
Let me guess: you’re still using the stock earbuds that came with your phone. Don’t deny it, I see you every day, on the bus and train, listening to white cords coming out of your ears. I get it—they were free, and they were convenient, and you haven’t gotten around to upgrading. But you should…
Today, Austin and Salt Lake City are getting the first Isis-enabled phones from Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. It’s a test program for the NFC-based payment system before it gets released to everyone else. But what is Isis, exactly, and how is it different from the dozens of other mobile payment techs? Isis is an NFC-Based…
Amazon’s terms of service grants it basically god-like authority over its domain, but we all buy in because we believe that the company will be benevolent with its power. That’s not always the case. Here’s the story of a user whose account was deleted and her Kindle wiped with no explanation whatsoever. Tech blogger Martin…
Try as you might to satiate that mischievous little voice inside you by watching Joerg Sprave’s crazy slingshot creations, deep down you know it just isn’t enough. So as long as you’re not using it for random acts of violence, what’s the harm in having a little fun with this beautiful GloveShot slingshot? Four stainless…
The Civil War ended almost 150 years ago, and by today’s standards the weapons used are old-fashioned and outdated. But don’t for a second think that means they weren’t incredibly lethal. Because it turns out a modern car is still no match for a Civil War-era cannon. The folks at RatedRR were kind enough to…
Somewhere deep in the Marshall Space Center, in an unmarked beige hangar, NASA is building a spaceship. A spaceship built with spare parts, scrap hardware from the International Space Stations, a left-over aluminum-lithium cylinder and even museum mockups. One day, it may become the vessel that takes humans to Mars. NASA engineers lead by Paul…
